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138 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
There was an unusual prevalence of westerly wind to December and 
February, of northerly in March, and of easterly in April, the other 
months offer nothing unusual, nor is the — of wind excessive in 
any “te month than December and Jan 
It does not appear from Table III, reat at very distinct alternation 
of mild rae severe winters is to be recognized i in the period cover 
the comparison ; on the whole, however, we find that of the last nine 
winters, six were warmer than the average, and, of the previous fine 
six were colder than the average ;—this latter period, again, as there 
reason to think, was preceded by a series of mild seasons, so that pe 
are some grounds for supposing that we may now expect a succession 
of the opposite character; but, it is evident, that a very cold winter . 
frequently occurs in a warm series, and a mild one in a cold s eries. 
this rule should fall in a warm group, although it will long be remem- 
bered by the old inhabitants of Canada, for the memorable black night, 
the 18th January, 1810, in which the temperature changed in a few 
hours from a high thermometer, with rapid thaw, warm and genial sun- 
shine, to the most intense frost, producing distress and devasiation ut 
paralleled in their recollection, ‘There are probably in existence some 
precise notes Pas on this remarkable occasion, but [ have not been 
able to hear of the 
3. Region of Paks Superior.—Dr. J. J. Biessy recently delivered 4 
lecture before the Royal Institution of London on the Ge ography and 
have room only for the following citations : 
“The chief staple of Lake Superior is native copper. For ages be- 
fore the appearance of Europeans in America, this metal was supplied 
rom hence to the Indian nations far and near. _The tumuli of the “4S 
sissippi, &c., contain the beautiful copper of this lake. Traces of an- 
cient mining in Kewenaw, Ontonago and Isle Royal are abundant, in the 
form of deep pits, (a la orl in one,) rubbish, stone mauls ammers 
wedges, and chisels of sa copper. aa a hative excavation near 
the river Ontonagon, wit a fe hundred years old growing over 
it, lately lay a mass of oe copper eighty-one tons in weight, part rt! 
fused, and resting on skids of black oak.” ‘ 
e miners, forty in number, are assisted by steam power. Silver ” 
always present, and sometimes in masses of considerable size. _ There 
a to weigh seven hundred tons. On the lands of the Minne- 
In 1851, sixteen hundred tons of copper were ‘shipped, value at 
Institution to test the t invention | 
r, for which Ave by the inve 
_ 4 A New Fuel—Some curious experiments have been m ee 
olytechnic resulia of, _ recen a 
